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Giving credit to climate risk
05 March 2011Michael Wilkins is leading the effort at rating agency Standard & Poor's is to factor climate risk into credit scores – a breakthrough for the integration of environmental factors into the investment mainstream. Mark Nicholls reports
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Bridging Europe's capital chasm
05 March 2011Accenture's Justin Keeble argues that new funding models and finance sector partnerships are needed to raise €2.9 trillion of investment into Europe's low-carbon infrastructure
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People moves
04 March 2011The latest appointments at Citigroup, SAM, Société Génerale and more
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Drilling deeper into Equator
04 March 2011Peter Schenk explains how third-party assessment can enhance the effectiveness of the Equator Priniciples
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Setting a supply chain standard
04 March 2011Managing supply chain emissions is attracting growing attention – but a new 'Scope 3' standard has met with a mixed reception from the corporate giants that have trailed it. Liesel van Ast reports
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A tough environment
04 March 2011A crowded and competitive market is good news for buyers of environmental insurance, with prices under pressure and innovation on the rise. Gloria Gonzalez reports
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Airline Carbon Costs Take Off As EU Emissions Regulations Reach For The Skies
Airlines worldwide are bracing themselves for the start, in 2012, of a new phase of Europe's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading scheme (the EU ETS). Besides curbing the industry's projected growth in emissions, the scheme will likely increase costs. Furthermore, in Standard & Poor's Ratings Services opinion, these costs could, if not passed through to passengers or mitigated in other ways, impact the carriers' credit quality over time.
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Weather risk platform snags $42m from Google, Khosla
03 March 2011A weather risk management firm founded by ex-Google staffers has raised $42 million in a second funding round, including from Google itself and leading clean-technology venture investor Vinod Khosla.
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'Global impact investment bank' starts raising capital
03 March 2011A bold initiative to raise billions of dollars to support small and medium-sized companies and address areas of environmental and social market failures is being launched in London.
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Silver Lake teams with Soros for clean-tech venture
03 March 2011Private equity firm Silver Lake and financier George Soros will team up to launch a venture to fund innovative companies in the energy and resource sectors.